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Lot 1634 Dα

A large Meissen porcelain platter from the service with the red dragon

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 6.500 € (incl. premium)
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A large Meissen porcelain platter from the service with the red dragon

Decorated in the centre with two circling fenghuang birds and around the lip with two gold-scaled dragons and Chinese knot motifs with scrolls and coins. With small insects painted over firing faults. Blue crossed swords mark, incised 4 in the basal ring. With two restored rim chips. H 7.6, D 38 cm.
Around 1735 - 40.

Work on the Dresden court service with the red dragon ordered by King August III began in early November 1734. Deliveries to the court confectionery are on record until 1739. In 1751, 228 plates and 461 bowls in five sizes are said to have been available, which gives an impression of the scope of the service.

Literature

Cf. Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, vol. II, Munich 2013, cat. no. 237.
Cf. also cat. Triumph der blauen Schwerter, Dresden-Leipzig 2010, cat. no. 236.